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Famous friends: Foo Fighters

The Sunday Times, September 17 2017, 12:01am

FOO FIGHTERSConcrete and GoldSonyWith a back catalogue big enough to keep him selling out shows for as long as he likes, Dave Grohl is doing what every wealthy rock star should, but surprisingly few seem able to — proving how much fun being in a band is. He spent the summer telling tall tales about the making of Foo Fighters’ ninth album, which included cornering the producer Greg Kurstin in a swimming pool to convince him to come on board, and barbecuing for 40 at night in the car park of a recording complex — where he signed up Justin Timberlake as a backing singer and asked one of Boyz II Men to create a choir for the title track.